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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2007
Dan E. Kanfoush, Niagara Falls, NY (US);
Kevin J. Hook, Grand Island, NY (US);
Anthony V. Moscato, North Tonawanda, NY (US);
Theodore Cyman, Jr., Grand Island, NY (US);
Lawrence A. Pilon, Hamburg, NY (US);
Dan E. Kanfoush, Niagara Falls, NY (US);
Kevin J. Hook, Grand Island, NY (US);
Anthony V. Moscato, North Tonawanda, NY (US);
Theodore Cyman, Jr., Grand Island, NY (US);
Lawrence A. Pilon, Hamburg, NY (US);
RR Donnelley, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A cleaning system for an inkjet printhead comprises an inkjet printhead having an inkjet nozzle array associated therewith. The inkjet printhead is in fluid communication with a first source of a first pressurized fluid. A fluid nozzle associated with the inkjet printhead is in fluid communication with a second source of a second pressurized fluid. The cleaning system further comprises a collection plate. Ink is forcibly ejected from the inkjet printhead by the first source of the first pressurized fluid. A stream of the second pressurized fluid is guided by the fluid nozzle across a surface of the inkjet printhead to direct ink ejected from the inkjet printhead onto the collection plate.